Fountain-pen.



No, 395,463.5" Y f 1 HOUSTON, a citiz'engof the United States, and aresident of Tracy, in the county of Lyon and State of Minnesota, haveinvented'a new and Improved Fountan-Pen, of which the {ollo g is a full,clear, and exact descrip!I ion.

This invention relates toV The object ofthe invention is to produce apen which is'constructed in such a way that the flow of ink from thereservoir to the en may be readil cut o' when desired, so t at the penmay carried in the pocket, without danger of the inkl v out.

The invention consists in t e construction and combination of parts, tobe more fully described hereinafter and particularly set forth in theclaims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawinvs forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 isa longitudinal, central section through a pen constructed inaccordance with my invention. This view represents the parts in therelation which they have when communication between the reservoir andthe pen oint is open, the pen being ready for writing; Fig. 2 is a viewsimilar to Fig. 1 but representing the pen in its closed condition, aswhen carried in the pocket, the flow of ink from the reservoir to thepen point being cut off; Fig. 3 is a cross-section on the line 3-3 ofFig. 1,upon an enlarged scale; Fig. 4 is a view similar to Fig. 3, buttaken on the line 4--4 of Fig. 2; Fig. 5 is a perspective of a,collar,the rotation of which affords means for admitting or arresting the flowof ink 4from the reservoir to the pen point; Fig. 5 is a` perspective ofa forward portion of the reservoir or body of, the penolder, the samebeing shown partly in cross section. This view also shows a ortion of avalve and illustrates the means or limiting the amount of rotation ofthe collar; and Fig. 6 is a side elevation of the feeder. Fig. 7 is alongitudinal section taken at the forward end of the reservoir andshowing the en and sleeve in a reverse position, adapting the fountainpen to be carried in one's ocket.

Referring more particularly to t e parte,

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, 'raeated'mg. 11,1908. weee'mwwwwwfv891.235" I the b of the'penholder,which A1s of tapered tubular form -as shown, and 'provided 4With'a. boreor re'servoir?.2 The forward end of thisbody is` counter-bored andprovided and 2, 1 representsV y with'a thread 3 in whichthere isattached a Y .valve or thimble 4,'said'valve having a reduced threadedni le l5' for this urpose. bbdy of-this v Se is of tubularpform asshown, and is provided at its forward edge with 'ai forwardly prolectingtongue 6 as illustratedinFi0'.5.Y he inner end of this valve is provi edwith a'valve opening 7 through which the ink passes in coming from thereservoir to the pen point. The thimble i is o f substantially tubularform, its outer portion being threaded in order to facilitate theattachment of a. feeder 8. This feeder has an elongated body and itsinner extremity is enlarged and formed with a threaded neck 9, thethreads of which are adated to engage the threads 3 as indicated. eyondthis threaded neck 9 a packing-ring 10 is placed upon the inner portionof the feeder, and this ortion of the feeder constitutes a plug Whicfits tight in the inner end of the thimble so as to exclude the ink fromthe threads and the threaded neck 9. The inner extremity of the feederis formed into a conical point orvalve llwhich is adapted to seat in theopening 7 so as to cut off the flow of ink through the feeder, as willbe readily understoo From the conical tip 11 a feed duct 12 extendsinwardly throuvh the feeder and this duct communicates wit i a groove 13on the uppervside of the feeder as shown.

In assembling the arts the feeder 8 is screwed intothe thimb e as shownand a collar 14 is then a plied. This collar is clearly illustrated inFi) duced, tubular neck 15 which enables it to be attached to the bodyof the feeder by means of a throuvh pin 16. The body of the collar isenlarge and formed with a cylindrical bore 17 and in this bore alongitudinally proi'ecting tongue 18 is formed. When the colg. 5; it isformed with a rear is slid into position this tongue 1S comes thevalve'is close The outer faceof the body of the collaiflel is formedwith corrugated or longitudinally. ribbed rings 19'; and between these.rings a acking-ring 20` of rubber or similar material isplaced.-Thispacking-ring corrugatedor ribbed like the rings 19. i n..VThepeifi-point-21, which ma be of gold 'or similar materiahis seated ont e feeder over the groove 13, in theusual manner, andthe butt of the'n-point is received between the collar andt e b od of the feeder. ItYshould be held friction tig tsimply by being pushed into position. Theforward portion of the pen-holder is normall inclosed in a sleevey 22.This sleeve is of tu ular form slightly contracted at its forwardextremity, as indicated in Fig. 1, so

' as to form an annular shoulder 23. This in Fig. 2.

shoulder forms a sto for the sleeve when it is forced into position fromthe front, as will be readily understood. When in this position the endof the sleeve is alined .with the forward portion of the collar so thatthe penpoint 21 and the feeder 8 project from the pen-holder in theusual manner. The bore 24 ofthe sleeve is formed of corruvations or ribs25, as indicated in Figs. 3 and 4, which corrugations are adapted toengage with the corruga'tions of the rings 19 and also engage with thepacki 'fr-ring 20 disposed between the rings. In t is way the sleeveaffords means for rotating the collar, it being understood that toopenthe reservoir the body 1 of the pen-liolder will be rotated toward theleft as indicated by the arrow, in Fig. 1. An opposite movement asindicated-by th arrow in Fig. 2, will bring .the reservoir to its closedcondition. When :the pen is to be worn inthe lpocket, the sleeve 22 willbe slid longitudinal so as to disengaffe it from the pen and wil be thusapplied` to the peniolder in a reverse" position, -as indicated Inthis-"osition the sleeve comes to rest when the s oulder strikes thecollar 14, which'collar rojects slightly -beyond the outer surface'of te body 1 as indicated'. In

this way, the body of the sleeve extends beyond the body of theen-holder and forms a casing or guardenvelloping the feeder andpen-point. In this way the pen is well protected from injury Aand at theSametime the flow of ink from the reservoir to the pen is effectuallycut off. It may, of course, be

opened 1.1;.A' foun" ain havin {enit-h a lreservoir therein, athimble'xsoeated in the end of said reservoir and having'ai axialopening ,in-'the inner end thereof,` a feeder mounted in said thimbleand having a thread connection therewith -of high pitc 'whereby apartial turn of said feeder may'advance thesame to close said opening,and a stop engaging said feeder andvlimiting the rotationthereof ineither direction. v

. 2. A fountainf pen, comprising a tubular body constituting areservoir, a thimble seated in the end of said body, a feeder having athreaded neck screwing into said thimble, said thiinblc havinv anopening therein constituting a valve adapted to be closed by the innerend of said feeder, a collar rigidly attached to said feeder and havinga tongue projecting from the wall thereof, and' a tongue projecting fromsaid thiinble and lying inthe path of said first tongue and limiting theamount of rotation of said feeder in either direction.

3. A fountain pen having a body with a reservoir, a rotatable feeder.mounted in said reservoir, means whereby the rotation of said feeder maopen or arrest the flow of ink through t ie same, a pen carried by saidfeeder, a sleeve surrounding the outer portion of said feeder andaffording means for rotating the same, said sleeve being reversible andaffording means in its reveise position for enveloping said feeder andthe pen carried thereby.

4. A fountain pen having a body constituting a reservoir, a. thiinblemounted in the end of said bod a feeder having a threaded connection witi said thinible, said thinible having an opening adapted to be closed bysaid feeder, a collar attached to said feeder, a pen received betweensaid vfeeder and said collar, a tubular reversible sleeve sliding oversaid collar and affording means in its reversed position to envelop saidfeeder and said pen.

' 5. 'A fountain'pen having a tubular body with a reservoir therein, athimble received in the end of said body and having an o ening throughwhich the ink may flow om said reservoir, a feeder having a threadedneck with a threaded connection in said thiinble, a packing strip on thcinner end of vby sifnply-twisting'tli'o parts `of the 4pen.a`.sxdescribed above'.

The neckl is provided witliscrew threads 1'5 which fit the thread3'.-`;-.,..' 'Hence, ifdesired, 'the'feederand penoint'may-be unscrewed.fromthe body. 1 .at t e nipple 5 and attached 'in afreverse'd position,- tl iat4 is', with the feeder andf-lpen-point -.j proj ecting`-'down-- f into the fbodyof the pen;A this a convenient position Whentlie'penis being carried the pocket. -r-Havingrf; thus i describedgmy:ainvention I $95,483v y sa said :feet-ieti eimluding from said.v to thisslieciieation in the presence of tlfifresds, aco11arfattached-toslid'feeder and two subscribing Witnesses. a oringmeans orretat t esame apen C v held between said collar an saidfeeder, and ;mlm n DREW HOUSTON 5 means for limiting the amountofrotation of Y v Witnesses:

said collar.' 'jj I- -In testimony' whereof 1 have signed my H. M.ALGYER.

